Is this a Motorola Moto X phone prototype?

With all that has been said about the Motorola Moto X up to this point, it’s amazing that we haven’t really gotten a look at the device. That might have changed this morning, however, as a leaked photo of a supposed prototype has hit the web. That this is a legit Motorola prototype isn’t hard to believe — it has those classic warnings from Motorola telling the tester that the device absolutely isn’t for resale and that it’s confidential property of the company’s.

This particular prototype is apparently running on Sprint’s 4G LTE network, has 16GB of internal storage, and is running stock Android 4.2.2 with nary a custom app from Motorola, it seems. Unfortunately the leakster didn’t have much in the way of other specs, but he believes its screen size to be somewhere around 4.5 and 4.6 inches. That person didn’t measure things up with a ruler, though, so perhaps it’s closer to 4.7 inches like previous rumors have stated.

According to said rumors, the other specs we should expect are as follows:

1.7GHz dual-coreSnapdragon processor

2GB of RAM

720p display

10 megapixel rear camera

2 megapixel front camera

and more

It isn’t the end all, be all powerhouse that earlier rumors of the phones lead us to believe, but the Moto X looks poised to be an affordable option (by virtue of Google’s generosity) for those who don’t need a super fast, powerful “ZOMG look at teh gigamahertz” phone. Despite not being the biggest, baddest, most powerful option on the market, the phone would still be quite tasty looking for the right price.

Of course, judgment shall not be passed until things are made official, something we’re told to expect to happen later this summer. Take a good look above and see if the device’s sweet-looking curves are enough to get you excited for its arrival (though there’s no guarantee this is the exact model we’ll see by the time the phone launches later this year).

Wow. I see I have made the tragic mistake of assuming that you were familiar with the internet and its memes and tropes.

My response was in support of you sir. Specifically, it was a sardonic retort directed at the individuals who reflexively down-voted you for telling the well established “facts”. (Which you are correct to point out.)

How ironic that your response was an equally reflexive demonstration, undoubtedly rooted in your predisposition to be a douche. (See avatar photo for further evidence.)

David Narada Brown

Well i do apologize sir! your response was to my comment stating “Get out of here with your facts”. Hard not think that was directed at me until i read your last comment. However, when i’m wrong no matter how blurry the truth be, I will admit and apologize.

MooseCat

That is EXACTLY what I want. A reasonably sized display, on-screen keys, decent processor. A little more memory would be nice but all we need to know now is how large the battery is.

scoter man1

Why do you want on screen keys?

C-Law

Some of us who have had them really prefer them and don’t want to lose them. I got an s3 after my gnex and after about 3 months I got tired of the annoying home button and now am running paranoid android rom with on screen keys and its perfect. I don’t miss the screen real estate at all, I actually prefer having recent apps instead of menu button and it’s quicker to get to Google now

veccster

I agree with C-Law. I have the GNex and don’t understand why people DON’T want on-screen buttons. I think it makes the screen larger because, when you need a full screen, the buttons disappear. On other phones, the buttons are part of the bezel – requiring the bezel to be larger. When I watch a full screen video, the buttons disappear and it’s ALL screen!

I also love being able to modify said on-screen buttons. I’m running AOKP and have different functions set for long-pressing each. I also have my preference of 4 buttons – BACK – HOME – MULTI – SEARCH. Long press are as follows – KILL APP – HANDCENT – empty – VOICE SEARCH.

bmg314

Plus you can make the buttons smaller and whatever color you want. I actually miss that from my aokp galaxy nexus.

veccster

Yup, mine are small and green (though I sometimes switch to red…just because I CAN!!

Amber Collier

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scoter man1

I must be the only one left, but I must respectfully disagree. Because of the onscreen buttons you lose a sh!t ton of screen real estate unless you get one of the very very few apps that hides the buttons (I don’t use any that do). Therefore, if I want to have full use of my screen, I have to use the tablet mode in paranoid android so that the bottom bar only takes up as much space as the top bar normally would. I would much rather have capacitive buttons so I could use my phone in phone mode rather than tablet mode. I’ve owned both with/without capacitive buttons and I’d much rather have them than not.

The only i regret is, when playing games, is not full screen like watching movies, hope they’ll do that to games also.

jut754

My biggest gripe with physical keys is that every manufacturer lays them out differently. When I go from my GNex to my dads Note2 I always have to figure out what it is I’m hitting. On screen keys give a similar experience across devices. Plus Verizon can’t put their stupid logo on the home key.

Scotsman of Loch Ness

If you don’t like the size of the battery, you could always get a “ZeroLemon” battery. I’m looking at getting one for my SGN2. It’s 3x the capacity. Amazon has several of them, but I’m not sure they’re the cheapest “store” to obtain them from.

Jerel Butler

motorola tends to do non removable batterys

Jordan Caviness

but they can also apply a 3,000mah battery like the original Moto Razor maxx….that would be nice

Jerel Butler

si senor

TheBlueF0x

From the video leak, it appears to be non-removable with no expandable storage.

Jerel Butler

works for me

TheBlueF0x

Jerel Butler

thank you, and with the size they may take a que from htc and start with 32gb

cigar3tte

Adding bulk to the phone is not a valid solution. I’d only consider the Moto X if it has 3,300mAh like the RAZR MAXX HD. I don’t mind it being non-removable.

nofearofimaginarymen

And is that a front to facing speaker? If true, my contract is up soon and hope this would be available on other carriers since sprint in my area has horrible data speeds.